Key Windows Phone Leader Goes To Amazon (MSFT, AMZN)
Silicon Alley Insider Feb 03 12
Brandon Watson, who was in charge of getting developers to build apps for Windows Phone, is quitting Microsoft to work on Kindle apps at Amazon.
Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet first reported the news.
Watson told us that he was attracted to Amazon largely because he's a huge fan of the Kindle. In fact, in 2009 he was featured in a New York Times article talking about how much more he started reading after he bought a Kindle.
Watson was originally recruited to the role by Charlie Kindel, who once held a similar role on the Windows Phone team.
Kindel left Microsoft earlier this year to found a mystery startup. Full story...
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